Grabau, John F.

Name/Title

Grabau, John F.

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1. "came to Buffalo with his parents when he was seven years of age, received his education at the congregational school of Trinity Lutheran Church and public School 15. he became an artistic bookbinder and apprenticed in the printing shops of Gies & Co. and at the bookbindery of Peter Paul. Later he worked in A.T. Browns Printing house and perfected his art with the Roycrofters in East Aurora. In 1905 he became self-supporting and opened a studio at 78 Pooley Place." member of Buffalo Society of Artists, the Guild of Book Workers and the  Director of the Buffalo Guild of Allied Arts. Buffalo and its German Community Jacob E. Mueller, 1912, pg. 286-290 includes a photograph of Grabau and of one of his bindings. ![._ACraymer.jpg][1]  [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/2129/._ACraymer.jpg (._ACraymer.jpg)

Also Known As

John F. Grabau

Biographical Information

Occupation

Bookbinder